On 07/30/2013 02:16 PM, hasufell wrote: > And we need MOAR devs > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Gentoo/Staffing_Needs > > so awesome! srsly! > > What many people don't seem to get is: you don't need to be a commit > monkey doing your 100+ commits per week. > Our minimum rate of commits is pretty low before you actually are forced > to retire. > > Better have a lot of devs each one focussing on a few packages than > having few devs working on the entire tree and messing up things randomly. > > It's not that much work, just some regular attention. You want to join! >
(old rant) I would like to become a developer. I already proxy maintain a few packages, and have a few more in sunrise that I could take care of. I could also triage bugs in my spare time. But, there's no process to do so. I want to become a dev, what's my next step? There is none. Help out, and maybe someone will notice you? Ok, I'm on it. Been doing it for years, and I know several other people in the same situation. It doesn't work, and recruitment numbers are plummeting. There needs to be an explicit, documented process. And someone devoted full-time to mentoring new recruits. I can think of no better long-term investment of the foundation's money.
